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Summary of Contents for R181-2A0

Page 1: ...R181 2A0 Dual LGA3647 sockets motherboard for Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors Service Guide Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...r notice No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated transmitted or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE s prior written permission Documentation Classifications Inordertoassistintheuseofthisproduct GIGABYTEprovidesthefollowingtypesofdocumentations For detailed product information carefully read the User s Manual For more information visit our website at http b2b g...

Page 3: ...guide NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions ...

Page 4: ...ticular attention to the plug electrical outlet and the point where the cord extends from the server WARNING To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces allow the drives and the internal system components to cool before touching them WARNING This server is equipped with high speed fans Keep away from hazardous moving fan blades during servicing CAUTION Do not operate the server for lon...

Page 5: ...r telephone and communication cables Turn off the system and discon nect the cables attached to the system before servicing it Otherwise personal injury or equipment damage can result Electrostatic discharge ESD and ESD protection ESD can damage drives boards and other parts We recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD workstation If one is not available provide some...

Page 6: ...ufacturer s instructions using needle nosed pliers to remove or install a jumper grip the narrow sides of the jumper with the pliers never the wide sides Gripping the wide sides can dam age the contacts inside the jumper causing intermittent problems with the function con trolled by that jumper Take care to grip with but not squeeze the pliers or other tool used to remove a jumper or the pins on t...

Page 7: ...lling the CPU and Heat Sink 23 3 4 Installing the Memory 25 3 4 1 Six Channel Memory Configuration 25 3 4 2 Installing a Memory 26 3 4 3 DIMM Population Table 26 3 5 Installing the PCI Expansion Card 27 3 6 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 28 3 7 Installing the Mezzanine Card 29 3 8 Replacing the FAN Assemblly 30 3 9 Replacing the Power Supply 31 3 10 Cable Routing 32 Chapter 4 Motherboard Component...

Page 8: ...t Configuration 80 5 3 7 PCH Configuration 87 5 3 8 Miscellaneous Configuration 92 5 3 9 Server ME Configuration 93 5 3 10 Runtime Error Logging 94 5 4 Server Management Menu 98 5 4 1 System Event Log 100 5 4 2 View FRU Information 101 5 4 3 BMC Network Configuration 102 5 4 4 IPv6 BMC Network Configuration 103 5 5 Security Menu 104 5 5 1 Secure Boot 105 5 6 Boot Menu 108 5 6 1 UEFI NETWORK Drive ...

Page 9: ... 9 5 8 8 Intel PM POST Codes 119 5 8 9 Intel PM POST Codes 119 5 9 BIOS POST Beep code AMI standard 120 5 9 1 PEI Beep Codes 120 5 9 2 DXE Beep Codes 120 5 10 BIOS Recovery Instruction 121 ...

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Page 11: ...s dry and first touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity Prior to installing the motherboard please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an electrostatic shielding container Before unplugging the power supply cable from the motherboard make sure the power supply has been turned off Before turning on the power make sure the power supply voltage has been set according to the loc...

Page 12: ...les up to 64GB supported 1 2V modules 2666 2400 2133 MHz LAN 2 x 1Gb s LAN ports Intel I350 AM2 1 x 10 100 1000 management LAN Expansion Slot Riser Card CRS1021 2 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x8 Low profile half length Riser Card CRS1015 1 x PCIe x16 slot Gen3 x16 Low profile half length 2 x OCP mezzanine slots PCIe Gen3 x16 Type1 P1 P2 P3 P4 K2 K3 Video Integrated in Aspeed AST2500 2D Video Graphic Adapt...

Page 13: ...per Front Panel LED Buttons 1 x USB 3 0 1 x Power button with LED 1 x ID button with LED 1 x Reset button 1 x NMI button 1 x System status LED 1 x HDD activity LED 2 x LAN activity LEDs Rear Panel I O 2 x USB 3 0 1 x VGA 1 x COM RJ45 type 2 x RJ45 1 x MLAN 1 x ID button with LED Backplane I O 10 x SATA SAS ports Bandwidth SATAIII 6Gb s or SAS 12Gb s per port SAS card is required for SAS devices su...

Page 14: ...ial Over LAN vKVM vMedia HTML5 Power Supply 2 x 1200W redundant PSUs 80 PLUS Platinum AC Input 100 240V 12 7A 50 60Hz DC Input 240Vdc 6A DC Output Max 1000W 100 240V 12V 80 5A 12Vsb 3A Max 1200W 200 240V or 240Vdc input 12V 97A 12Vsb 3A Environment Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity Operating temperature 10 C to 35 C Non operating temperature 40 C to 60 C Operating humidity 8 80 non condensing ...

Page 15: ...e3 0 x16 PCIe3 0 x16 1 x COM Rear Front 1x USB 3 0 Rear 2 x USB 3 0 1 x VGA 1 x LAN for Management NCSI 2 x USB 2 0 OCP1 mezz TPM i350 PCH Intel C621 Lewisburg SW_RAID For VROC 2 x SSATAIII SSATA DOM ASPEED AST2500 10 100 1G PHY 1ch MAC BMC PCIe x8 PCIe x8 CRS1021 PCIe x16 CRS1015 OCP2 mezz Skylake SP LGA 3647 Socket P0 CPU0 Skylake SP LGA 3647 Socket P0 CPU1 Switch Switch 2 x 1Gb s LAN 8 x SATAII...

Page 16: ...Hardware Installation 15 ...

Page 17: ...DD Latches Support NVMe Please Go to Chapter 2 3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function LEDs HDD 0 HDD 2 HDD 4 HDD 6 HDD 8 HDD 1 HDD 3 HDD 5 HDD 7 HDD 9 2 1 2 2 Rear View No Description 1 VGA port 2 USB 3 0 ports 3 GbE LAN ports 4 Serial Port 5 10 100 1000 Server management LAN port 3 2 1 Primary PSU Secondary PSU 4 5 ...

Page 18: ... to activate system identification 5 HDD Status LED Green On HDD locate Blink HDD access Amber On HDD fault Green Amber Blink HDD rebuilding N A Off No HDD access or no HDD fault 6 System Status LED Green Solid On System is operating normally Amber Solid On Critical condition may indicate System fan failure System temperature Blink Non critical condition may indicate Redundant power module failure...

Page 19: ... Speed LED Yellow On 1 Gbps data rate Green On 100 Mbps data rate N A Off 10 Mbps data rate 2 1GbE Link Activity LED Green On Link between system and network or no access Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring N A Off No data transmission or receiving is occurring 1 2 1 2 2 1 ...

Page 20: ...ID configuration via HW RAID Card or SW RAID Card Disk LED LED on Back Panel Amber Removed HDD Slot LED on Back Panel Disk LED Removed HDD Slot Green ON 1 OFF Green OFF ON OFF ON 1 OFF OFF ON OFF ON Alternately Low Speed 2 Hz 3 3 OFF OFF Green Amber Green ON 1 OFF Green Green OFF OFF Amber Amber Amber OFF OFF Amber OFF LED 2 HDD Present No HDD Green ON OFF ...

Page 21: ...ver you are working inside the computer case If possible wear a grounded wrist strap when you are working inside the computer case Alternatively discharge any static electricity by touching the bare metal system of the computer case or the bare metal body of any other grounded appliance Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only Do not touch the components on the board unless it is necessary...

Page 22: ...r system cover 1 Loosen and remove the thumbscrew securing the back cover 2 Push down the indentation located at the side of the back chassis 3 Slide the cover horizontally to the back and remove the cover in the direction of the arrow 2 1 3 Follow these instructions to remove the front system cover 1 Remove the five screws securing the front system cover to the system 2 Flip open the front system...

Page 23: ...nd Installing the Fan Duct Follow these instructions to remove install the fan duct 1 Lift up to remove the two fan ducts 2 To install the fan duct align the fan duct with the guiding groove Push down the fan duct into chassis until its firmly seats ...

Page 24: ...g sections unless you are a qualified service technician Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Align and install the processor on the carrier NOTE Apply thermal compound evenly on the top of the CPU Remove the protective cover from the underside of the heat sink 2 Carefully flip the heatsink over Then install the carrier assembly on the bottom of the heatsink and make sure the gold arrow ...

Page 25: ... 24 System Hardware Installation 1 4 3 2 4 5 ...

Page 26: ...P0_A1 DIMM_P0_A0 DIMM_P0_B1 DIMM_P0_B0 DIMM_P0_C1 DIMM_P0_C0 DIMM_P1_L0 DIMM_P1_L1 DIMM_P1_K0 DIMM_P1_K1 DIMM_P0_J0 DIMM_P1_J1 DIMM_P1_G1 DIMM_P1_G0 DIMM_P1_H1 DIMM_P1_H0 DIMM_P1_I1 DIMM_P1_I0 Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Always...

Page 27: ... Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module 3 Reverse the installation steps when you want to remove the DIMM module 1 2 2 3 4 3 DIMM Population Table DIMM Capacity GB 1 Slot per Channel 2 Slot per Channel DIMM Density Speed MT s Voltage V Slot Per Channel SPC DIMM Per Channel DPC 1DPC 1DPC 2DPC 1 2V 2666 2666 2666 1 2V 1 2V Ranks Per DIMM and Data Width 4Gb 8Gb...

Page 28: ...r assembly does not include a riser card or any cabling as standard To install a PCI card a riser card must be installed Follow these instructions to PCI Expansion card 1 Remove the securing special screw on the riser bracket 2 Remove the thumbscrew on the riser bracket 3 Lift up the riser bracket out of system 4 Remove the slot covers from the riser bracket 5 Orient the PCI E card with the riser ...

Page 29: ...tray will not fit back into the bay if inserted incorrectly Make sure that the HDD is connected to the HDD connector on the backplane Follow these instructions to install a 3 5 hard disk drive 1 Press the release button 2 Extend the locking lever and pull the locking lever to remove the HDD tray 3 Place the hard disk drive into the HDD tray 4 Secure the hard disk drive to the HDD tray with four sc...

Page 30: ... Card Follow these instructions to install a mezzanine card 1 Insert the mezzanine card into the system ensuring that the connector on the mezzanine card connects to the connector on the motherboard 2 Secure the mezzanine card to the system with three screws 1 2 ...

Page 31: ...ware Installation 3 8 Replacing the FAN Assemblly Follow these instructions to replace the fan assembly 1 Lift up the fan assembly from the chassis 2 Reverse the previous steps to install the replacement fan assembly ...

Page 32: ... the power supply along the direction of the arrow 2 Pull up the power supply handle at the same time and pull out the power supply 3 Insert the replacement power supply firmly into the chassis Connect the AC power cord to the replacement power supply 1 2 3 Before you remove or install the system cover Make sure the system is not turned on or connected to AC power ...

Page 33: ...ble Yellow 2 On board SATA2 to back plane board cable Orange 3 Front switch cable Front LED cable Pink 4 On board SATA0 to back plane board cable Green 5 On board SATA1 to back plane board cable Blue 6 HDD back plane board power cable Red 7 HDD back plane board signal cable Purple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 34: ...System Hardware Installation 33 ...

Page 35: ...ignal 9 Riser slot connector 1 10 sSATA connector 5 for ODD 2 5 HDD 11 sSATA connector 4 12 Slimline SAS connector 0 13 SATA DOM support power connector for sSATA connector 4 21 38 3ULPDU CPU1 Secondary DIMM_P0_F0 DIMM_P0_F1 DIMM_P0_E0 DIMM_P0_E1 DIMM_P0_D0 DIMM_P0_D1 DIMM_P0_A1 DIMM_P0_A0 DIMM_P0_B1 DIMM_P0_B0 DIMM_P0_C1 DIMM_P0_C0 DIMM_P1_L0 DIMM_P1_L1 DIMM_P1_K0 DIMM_P1_K1 DIMM_P0_J0 DIMM_P1_J1...

Page 36: ...onnector 5 15 NCSI swtich 16 OCP mezzanine connector 2 with KR signal 17 Riser slot connector 2 18 Power supply connector 1 primary 19 NVMe upgrade key function available on select models 20 Power supply connector 2 secondary 21 2 x 7 Pin HDD back plane board power connector ...

Page 37: ...de Force ME update ME_UPDATE BIOS_PWD ON ME recovery mode Normal Default Normal Default Normal Default Normal Default OFF BIOS_RCVR ME_RCVR J2 1 2 3 4 21 Onboard LAN OCP MEZZ ON OFF HOST_SMBUS_SEL PMBUS_SEL ON CPLD debug mode Normal Default Normal Default BIOS defined BIOS defined Stop initial power on when BMC is not ready OFF S3_MASK DB_PLD J1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 38: ...Motherboard Components 37 ...

Page 39: ... caution Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction It is recommended that you not alter the default settings unless you need to to prevent system instability or other unexpected results Inadequately altering the settings may result in system s failure to boot If this occurs try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values Refer to the Exit section in this chapter ...

Page 40: ...tup menus Security Change set or disable supervisor and user password Configuration supervisor password allows you to restrict access to the system and BIOS Setup A supervisor password allows you to make changes in BIOS Setup A user password only allows you to view the BIOS settings but not to make changes Boot This setup page provides items for configuration of boot sequence Save Exit Save all th...

Page 41: ... displayed on the bottom line of the Main Menu Submenu Help While in a submenu press F1 to display a help screen General Help of function keys available for the menu Press Esc to exit the help screen Help for each item is in the Item Help block on the right side of the submenu When the system is not stable as usual select the Restore Defaults item to set your system to its defaults The BIOS Setup ...

Page 42: ...ys BMC firmware version information Processor Information CPU Brand String Max CPU Speed CPU Signature Processors Core Microcode Patch Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor Platform Information Processor PCH RC Revision Displays the information for the installed platform Memory Information Total Memory Note Displays the total memory size of the installed memory Memory F...

Page 43: ...N MAC Address Note Displays LAN MAC address information System Date Sets the date following the weekday month day year format System Time Sets the system time following the hour minute second format Note Functions available on selected models ...

Page 44: ... Setup 43 5 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced menu display submenu options for configuring the function of various hardware components Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 45: ...onfiguration iSCSI Initiator Name Add an Attempt Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Delete Attempts Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Change Attempt Order Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 46: ...BIOS Setup 45 5 2 2 Intel R Virtual RAID on CPU Intel R Virtual RAID on CPU Press Enter to manage Interl Virtual RAID on the CPU ...

Page 47: ... 46 BIOS Setup 5 2 3 Intel R Ethernet Connection X722 ...

Page 48: ...onfiguration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items of the selected network device port Blink LEDs Identifies the physical network port by blinking the associated LED Press the numeric keys to adjust desired values UEFI Driver Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller ...

Page 49: ...face Controller PCI Device ID Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller PCI Address Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Link Status Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller MAC Address Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Virtual MAC Address Displays the t...

Page 50: ...g is Auto Negotiated Wake On LAN Enables power on of the system via LAN Note that configuring Wake on LAN in the operating system does not change the value of this setting but does override the behavior of Wake on LAN in OS controlled power states Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled ...

Page 51: ... Trusted Computing Configuration Security Device Support Enable Disable the TPM support feature Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Current Status Information Displays current TPM status information ...

Page 52: ...and Management Windows Emergency Management Services EMS Console Redirection Note Selects a COM port for EMS console redirection EMS console redirection allows the user to configure Console Redirection Settings to support Out of Band Serial Port management Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled COM1 COM2 Serial Over LAN Legacy Serial Port for Out of Band EMS Console Redirec...

Page 53: ... 52 BIOS Setup 5 2 5 1 COM1 COM2 Serial Over LAN Legacy Serial Port for Out of Band EMS Console Redirection Settings ...

Page 54: ...redirection Options available VT100 VT100 ANSI VT UTF8 Default setting is ANSI Bits per second Selects the transfer rate for console redirection Options available 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Default setting is 115200 Data Bits Selects the number of data bits used for console redirection Options available 7 8 Default setting is 8 ...

Page 55: ...ns available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Recorder Mode Note When this mode enabled only texts will be send This is to capture Terminal data Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled Resolution 100x31 Note Enable Disable extended terminal resolution Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Legacy OS Redirection Resolution Note Specifies the ...

Page 56: ...BIOS Setup 55 5 2 6 SIO Configuration ...

Page 57: ...en set to Disabled displays no configuration for the serial port Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Logical Device Settings Current Displays the Serial Port 1 Serial port 2 base I O address and IRQ Possible Configures the Serial Port 1 Serial port 2 base I O address and IRQ Options available for Serial Port 1 Use Automatic Settings IO 3F8h IRQ 4 DMA IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9...

Page 58: ... Serial Port 2 Use Automatic Settings IO 2F8h IRQ 3 DMA IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA Default setting is Use Automatic Settings ...

Page 59: ... 3 4 I O ROM Note Enable Disable the onboard LAN devices and initializes device expansion ROM Options available for LAN 1 Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Options available for LAN 2 3 4 Disabled UEFI Legacy Default setting is UEFI PCI Devices Common Settings Above 4G Decoding Enable Disable memory mapped I O to 4GB or greater address space Above 4G Decoding Options available Enabled Di...

Page 60: ...Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled Ipv6 PXE Support Note Enable Disable the Ipv6 PXE feature Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled Ipv6 HTTP Support Note Enable Disable the Ipv6 HTTP feature Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled PXE boot wait time Note Press the keys to increase or decrease the desired values Media detec...

Page 61: ...le the Compatibility Support Module CSM support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled CSM16 Module Version Displays the CSM module version information Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Note Advanced items prompt when this item is set to Enabled ...

Page 62: ...tting is Enabled Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Option ROM execution Network Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE Option ROM Options available Do not launch UEFI Legacy Default setting is UEFI Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Storage Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage Option ROM Opti...

Page 63: ...etup 5 2 10 Post Report Configuration Post Report Configuration Error Message Report Post Error Message Enable Disable the POST Error Message support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled ...

Page 64: ...BIOS Setup 63 5 2 11 NVMe Configuration NVMe Configuration Displays the NVMe devices connected to the system ...

Page 65: ...s Enabled USB Mass Storage Driver Support Note Enable Disable the USB Mass Storage Driver Support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Port 60 64 Emulation Enables the I O port 60h 64h emulation support This should be enabled for the complete USB Keyboard Legacy support for non USB aware OS Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Note This item is pre...

Page 66: ...ower state prior to shutdown When set to Stay Off the system remains off after power shutdown Options available Last State Stay Off Power On The default setting depends on the BMC setting Chassis Opened Warning Enable Disable the chassis intrusion alter function Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled Note When the power policy is controlled by BMC please wait for 15 20 seco...

Page 67: ...Setup 5 3 Chipset Setup Menu Chipset Setup menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of North Bridge and South Bridge Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 68: ...ation Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Processor Socket Processor ID Processor Frequency Processor Max Raito Processor Min Raio Microcode Revision L1 Cache RAM L2 Cache RAM L3 Cache RAM Processor 0 1 Version Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor ...

Page 69: ...e Mode Extensions SMX support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Hardware Prefetcher Select whether to enable the speculative prefetch unit of the processor Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Adjacent Cache Prefetch When enabled cache lines are fetched in pairs When disabled only the required cache line is fetched Options available Enable ...

Page 70: ...BIOS Setup 69 5 3 1 1 Pre Socket Configuration ...

Page 71: ... configuration of advanced items Core Disable Bitmap Hex for CPU socket 0 1 Number of Cores to enable 0 means all cores FFFFFFF means to disable all cores The maximum value depends on the number of CPUs available Press the numeric keys to adjust desired values ...

Page 72: ...ign mmioh resources Total mmioh space can be up to 32xgranularity Per stack mmioh resource assignments are multiples of the granularity where 1 unit per stack is the default allocation Options available 1G 4G 16G 64G 256G 1024G Default setting is 256G Isoc Mode Options available Auto Enable Disable Default setting is Auto Numa Non Uniform Memory Access Enable Disable Non uniform Memory Access NUMA...

Page 73: ... 72 BIOS Setup 5 3 3 UPI Configuration ...

Page 74: ...ral Configuration Press Enter to change the UPI general settings UPI Status Press Enter to view the UPI status Link Frequency Select Selects the UPI link frequency Options available 9 6GB 10 4GB Auto Default setting is Auto ...

Page 75: ... is Auto Enable ADR Enables the detecting and enabling of ADR Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Legacy ADR Mode Enable Disable the Legacy ADR Mode Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ADR Data Save Mode Data Save Mode for ADR Batterybacked or Type 01 NVDIMM Options available Disable Batterybacked DIMMs NVDIMMs Default setting is NVDIMMs Erase ARM NVD...

Page 76: ...s if NVDIMMs are interleaved together or not Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Memory Topology Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Memory RAS Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 77: ... 76 BIOS Setup 5 3 4 1 Memory Topology ...

Page 78: ...the memory capacity by half Enables the Mirror Mode will disable the XPT Prefetch Options available Disable Mirror Mode 1LM Mirror Mode 2LM Default setting is Disable Memory Rank Sparing Enable Disable Memory Rank Sparing Options available Disable Enable Default setting is Disable Correctable Error Threshold Correctable Error Threshold 1 32767 used for sparing tagging and leaky bucket Press the ke...

Page 79: ...78 BIOS Setup 5 3 5 IIO Configuration IIO Configuration Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Inter VMD technology Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 80: ... Interrupt Remapping Enable Disable the interrupt remapping support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable PassThrough DMA Enable Disable the Non Isoch VT_D Engine PassThrough DMA support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ATS Enable Disable Non Isoch VT_D Engine ATS support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Pos...

Page 81: ... 80 BIOS Setup 5 3 5 2 Intel VMD Technology Intel VMD technology Intel VMD Configuration Enable Disable the Intel VMD support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ...

Page 82: ...r for configuration of advanced items Hardware PM State Control Press Enter to configure the Hardware P State setting CPU C State Control Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Package C State Control Press Enter to configure the Package C State limit CPU Advanced PM Tuning Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 83: ... in response to processor load Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Turbo Mode When this item is enabled the processor will automatically ramp up the clock speed of 1 2 of its processing cores to improve its performance When this item is disabled the processor will not overclock any of its core Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ...

Page 84: ...ate based on OS Request Legacy P States In Native mode the processor hardware chooses a P state based on OS guidance In Out of Band mode the processor hardware autonomously chooses a P state with no OS guidance Options available Disable Native Mode Out of Band Mode Native Mode with No Legacy Support Default setting is Native Mode ...

Page 85: ... voltage will be reduced during system halt state to decrease power consumption The C6 state is a more enhanced power saving state than C1 Options available Disable Enable Auto Default setting is Auto Enhanced Halt State C1E Note Core C1E auto promotion control Takes effect after reboot Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable OS ACPI Cx Reports CPU C3 C6 to OS ACPI C2 or ACPI C3...

Page 86: ... 3 6 4 Package C State Control Package C State Configures the state for the C State package limit Options available C0 C1 state C2 state C6 non Retention state C6 Retention state No Limit Auto Default setting is Auto ...

Page 87: ...he Power Performance Configuration mode When enabled uses IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS input from the core When disabled uses alternate performance BIAS input from ENERGY_PERF_ BIAS_CONFIG Options available OS Controls EPB BIOS Controls EPB Default setting is OS Controls EPB Note Advanced items prompt when this item is set to BIOS Controls EPB ...

Page 88: ...nergy Performance Bias Configuration Mode Options available Performance Balanced Performance Balanced Power Power Default setting is Balanced Performance Please note that this item is configurable when Power Performance Tuning is set to BIOS Con trols EPB ...

Page 89: ... 88 BIOS Setup 5 3 7 PCH Configuration PCH Configuration PCH SATA Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items PCH sSATA Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 90: ...sable SATA controller Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Configure SATA as Configure on chip SATA type AHCI Mode When set to AHCI the SATA controller enables its AHCI functionality Then the RAID function is disabled and cannot be access the RAID setup utility at boot time ...

Page 91: ...led Please note that this option appears when HDD is in RAID Mode SATA Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The category identifies SATA hard drives that are installed in the computer System will automatically detect HDD type Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enable Disable Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 device Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Hot Plug for Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Note2 Enable Disable HDD Hot Plug...

Page 92: ...isable sSATA controller Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Configure sSATA as Configure on chip SATA type AHCI Mode When set to AHCI the SATA controller enables its AHCI functionality Then the RAID function is disabled and cannot be access the RAID setup utility at boot time ...

Page 93: ...s Disabled Please note that this option appears when HDD is in RAID Mode sSATA Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 The category identifies sSATA hard drives that are installed in the computer System will automatically detect HDD type Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 Enable Disable Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 device Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Hot Plug for Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 Note 2 Enable Disable HDD Hot Plug funct...

Page 94: ...BIOS Setup 93 5 3 8 Miscellaneous Configuration Miscellaneous Configuration Active Video Selects the active video type Options available Auto Onboard Device PCIE Device Default setting is Auto ...

Page 95: ...E Firmware Status 1 2 Displays ME Firmware status information Current State for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware current status information Error Code for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware status error code Recovery Cause for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware recovery cause PTT Support Displays if the system supports the Intel Platform Trust Technology ...

Page 96: ...t setting is Enable S W Error Injection Support Enable Disable software injection error logging function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Whea Settings Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Memory Error Enabling Press Enter for configuration of advanced items PCIe Error Enabling Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 97: ... 96 BIOS Setup 5 3 10 1 Whea Settings WHEA Support Windows Hardware Error Architecture Enable Disable WHEA Support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ...

Page 98: ...ble Disable Default setting is Enable Memory Corrected Error Enable Disable Memory Corrected Error Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Uncorrected Error disable Memory Enable Disable the Memory that triggers Uncorrected Error Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ...

Page 99: ...coverable Errors to error pins Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Fatal Error Enable Enables and escalates Fatal Errors to error pins Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable SERR Propagation Enable Disable SERR propagation Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable PERR Propagation Enable Disable PERR propagation Options available Enable D...

Page 100: ...wn Default setting is Do Nothing Please note that this item is configurable when FRB 2 Timer is set to Enabled OS Watchdog Timer Enable Disable OS Watchdog Timer function Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled OS Wtd Timer Timeout Configure OS Watchdog Timer Options available 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes Default setting is 10 minutes Please note that this item...

Page 101: ...or configuration of advanced items View FRU Information Press Enter to view the advanced items BMC network configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items IPv6 BMC Network Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 102: ...oose options for erasing SEL Options available No Yes On next reset Yes On every reset Default setting is No When SEL is Full Choose options for reactions to a full SEL Options available Do Nothing Erase Immediately Default setting is Do Nothing Custom EFI Logging Options Log EFI Status Codes Enable Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes if not already converted to legacy Options available Disabl...

Page 103: ...U Information The FRU page is a simple display page for basic system ID information as well as System product information Items on this window are non configurable Note The model name will vary depends on the product you purchased ...

Page 104: ...option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase Options available Unspecified Static DynamicBmcDhcp Default setting is DynamicBmcDhcp Station IP address Displays IP Address information Subnet mask Displays Subnet Mask information Please note that the IP address must be in three digitals for example 192 168 000 001 Router IP address Displays the Router IP Address information Sta...

Page 105: ...e Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable IPv6 BMC Lan IP Address Source Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically by BIOS or BMC Options available Unspecified Static Dynamic Obtained by BMC running DHCP Default setting is Dynamic Obtained by BMC running DHCP IPv6 BMC Lan IP Address Prefix Length 1999 11 64 Check if the IPv6 BMC LAN IP address matches ...

Page 106: ...or disable this field a Administrator Password must first be set A user can only access and modify the System Time System Date and Set User Password fields Administrator Password Press Enter to configure the administrator password User Password Press Enter to configure the user password Secure Boot Press Enter for configuration of advanced items 5 5 Security Menu The Security menu allows you to sa...

Page 107: ...e Boot Mode Note Secure Boot requires all the applications that are running during the booting process to be pre signed with valid digital certificates This way the system knows all the files being loaded before Windows loads and gets to the login screen have not been tampered with When set to Standard it will automatically load the Secure Boot keys form the BIOS databases When set to Custom you c...

Page 108: ... Secure Boot Keys and Key variables Secure Boot variable Displays the current status of the variables used for secure boot Platform Key PK Displays the current status of the Platform Key PK Press Enter to configure a new PK Options available Set New Key Exchange Keys KEK Displays the current status of the Key Exchange Key Database KEK Press Enter to configure a new KEK or load additional KEK from ...

Page 109: ...d TimeStamps DBT Displays the current status of the Authorized TimeStamps Database Press Enter to configure a new DBT or load additional DBT from storage devices Options available Set New Append OsRecovery Signatures Displays the current status of the OsRecovery Signature Database Press Enter to configure a new OsRecovery Signature or load additional OsRecovery Signature from storage devices Optio...

Page 110: ...red values Bootup NumLock State Enable Disable the Bootup NumLock function Options available On Off Default setting is On Quiet Boot Enable Disable showing the logo during POST Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Boot mode select Selects the boot mode Options available LEGACY UEFI Default setting is UEFI FIXED BOOT ORDER Priorities Boot Option 1 2 3 4 5 Press Enter to con...

Page 111: ... 110 BIOS Setup UEFI Network Drive BBS Priorities Press Enter to configure the boot priority UEFI Application Boot Priorities Press Enter to configure the boot priority ...

Page 112: ...rities The UEFI network drive BBS priorities submenu allows you to specify the boot device priority from the available UEFI network drives during system boot up BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive s specified is not bootable ...

Page 113: ...iorities The UEFI application boot priorities submenu allows you to specify the boot device priority from the available UEFI applications during system boot up BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive s specified is not bootable ...

Page 114: ...No Discard Changes and Exit Discards changes made and exits the BIOS setup Options available Yes No Save Changes and Reset Restarts the system after saving the changes made Options available Yes No Discard Changes and Reset Restarts the sysetm without saving any changes Options available Yes No Save Changes Saves changes made in the BIOS setup Options available Yes No Discard Changes Discards chan...

Page 115: ...ther kinds of low performance components and you choose to load these settings the system might not function properly Options available Yes No Save as User Defaults Saves the changes made as the user default settings Options available Yes No Restore User Defaults Loads the user default settings for all BIOS setup parameters Options available Yes No Boot Override Press Enter to configure the device...

Page 116: ...U_AP_INIT 0x34 PEI_CPU_BSP_SELECT 0x35 PEI_CPU_SMM_INIT 0x36 PEI_MEM_NB_INIT 0x37 PEI_MEM_SB_INIT 0x3B PEI_DXE_IPL_STARTED 0x4F DXE_CORE_STARTED 0x60 Recovery PEI_RECOVERY_AUTO 0xF0 PEI_RECOVERY_USER 0xF1 PEI_RECOVERY_STARTED 0xF2 PEI_RECOVERY_CAPSULE_FOUND 0xF3 PEI_RECOVERY_CAPSULE_LOADED 0xF4 S3 PEI_S3_STARTED 0xE0 PEI_S3_BOOT_SCRIPT 0xE1 PEI_S3_VIDEO_REPOST 0xE2 PEI_S3_OS_WAKE 0xE3 5 8 2 AMI St...

Page 117: ... DXE_USB_RESET 0x9B DXE_USB_DETECT 0x9C DXE_USB_ENABLE 0x9D DXE_IDE_BEGIN 0xA0 DXE_IDE_RESET 0xA1 DXE_IDE_DETECT 0xA2 DXE_IDE_ENABLE 0xA3 DXE_SCSI_BEGIN 0xA4 DXE_SCSI_RESET 0xA5 DXE_SCSI_DETECT 0xA6 DXE_SCSI_ENABLE 0xA7 DXE_SETUP_VERIFYING_PASSWORD 0xA8 DXE_SETUP_START 0xA9 DXE_SETUP_INPUT_WAIT 0xAB DXE_READY_TO_BOOT 0xAD DXE_LEGACY_BOOT 0xAE DXE_EXIT_BOOT_SERVICES 0xAF RT_SET_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_MAP_...

Page 118: ...MICROCODE 0x59 PEI_CPU_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x5A PEI_CPU_ERROR 0x5A PEI_RESET_NOT_AVAILABLE 0x5B Recovery PEI_RECOVERY_PPI_NOT_FOUND 0xF8 PEI_RECOVERY_NO_CAPSULE 0xF9 PEI_RECOVERY_INVALID_CAPSULE 0xFA S3 Resume PEI_MEMORY_S3_RESUME_FAILED 0xE8 PEI_S3_RESUME_PPI_NOT_FOUND 0xE9 PEI_S3_BOOT_SCRIPT_ERROR 0xEA PEI_S3_OS_WAKE_ERROR 0xEB DXE_CPU_ERROR 0xD0 DXE_NB_ERROR 0xD1 DXE_SB_ERROR 0xD2 DXE_ARCH_PROTOCOL_...

Page 119: ...ncore settings 0xAA Transition links to full speed opeartion 0xAB Phy layer settings 0xAC Link layer settings 0xAD Coherency Settings 0xAE KTIRC is done 0xAF 5 8 4 Intel UPI POST Codes When system BSP tries to setup path for remote sockets or sends a Boot_Go command to remote socket in SetupSbspPathToAllSockets or SyncUpPbspForReset If the remote socket s hasn t checked in assert it is a fatal con...

Page 120: ...rain DDR 0xB7 Initialize CLTT OLTT 0xB8 Hardware memory test and init 0xB9 Execute memory init 0xBA Program memory map and interleaving 0xBB Program RAS configuration 0xBC Rank margin tool 0xBD MRC is done 0xBF 5 8 7 Intel MRC Error Codes No memory was detected 0xE8 Memory test failure 0xEB Different dimm types are detected installed in the system 0xED Number of HAs found in system greater than MA...

Page 121: ...ly Initialization 0xE0 Pre Link training 0xE1 Start of Gen3 EQ training 0xE2 Start of PState transition init 0xE3 Gen3 parameters override 0xE4 End of IIO Early Initialization 0xE5 Start of IIO Late initialization 0xE6 PCIE port initialization 0xE7 IOAPIC initialization 0xE8 VTD initialization 0xE9 IOAT initialization 0xEA DFX initialization 0xEB NTB initialization 0xEC Security Initialization 0xE...

Page 122: ... Recovery failed 4 S3 Resume failed 7 Reset PPI is not available of Beeps Description 1 Invalid password 4 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available 5 No Console Output Devices are found 5 No Console Input Devices are found 6 Flash update is failed 7 Reset protocol is not available 8 Platform PCI resource requirements cannot be met 5 9 BIOS POST Beep code AMI standard 5 9 1 PEI Beep Co...

Page 123: ...t block can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state To restore your BIOS please follow the instructions listed below Recovery Instruction 1 Change xxx ROM to amiboot rom 2 Copy amiboot rom and AFUDOS exe to USB diskette 3 Setting BIOS Recovery jump to enabled status 4 Boot into BIOS recovery 5 Run Proceed with flash update 6 BIOS update ...

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